Category Archives: Baseball in General

Pitching an idea for wins and losses

Posted on May 15, 2024 by Austin Gisriel

It’s hard to believe that the 2024 major league baseball season is already 25% complete. Of course, it’s hard for me to believe that it’s already Wednesday as I write this, but I digress . . . It seems that … Continue reading →

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Project complete

Posted on March 21, 2024 by Austin Gisriel

Project completed! Yesterday, the Cincinnati Reds became the 1964 World Series Champions. How can that be? Three years ago, on March 21, 2021 I began playing a 90-game 1964 Major League season with my 1964 Strat-O-Matic table-top baseball game. That … Continue reading →

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Gold Glove, Golden Memories: So long, Brooks

Posted on September 26, 2023 by Austin Gisriel

I have dreaded this day since I was old enough to truly appreciate the perspective that mortality brings. I just heard that Brooks Robinson has died. It must be true because something is gone inside of me. Maybe the last … Continue reading →

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Major League Baseball Needs a Salary FLOOR

Posted on September 14, 2023 by Austin Gisriel

Wow! I can’t believe that my last post was way back on July 20th! Part of that failure to post stems from the notion that if you have nothing to say, then you shouldn’t speak. Or write in this case. … Continue reading →

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The greatest play of the college baseball season happened after last night’s game

Posted on June 27, 2023 by Austin Gisriel

Last night LSU capped, what for me, was the greatest college baseball season ever as they defeated the Florida Gators 18-4 in the deciding game of the 2023 College World Series. So many great players, great games, and great plays … Continue reading →

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Discovering the Negro Southern League Museum

Posted on June 6, 2023 by Austin Gisriel

Al and I discovered a real treasure in the form of the Negro Southern League Museum (NSLM) on our recent trip to Birmingham for the SEC Baseball Tournament. The museum not only houses the “largest collection of original Negro League … Continue reading →

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Field of Dreams comes to life in Oakland, thanks to Steven Vogt

Posted on October 11, 2022 by Austin Gisriel

Baseball is a spiritual experience, and one of the aspects that makes it so is that it obliterates linear time. Baseball renders time circular, even spherical, a phenomenon perfectly illustrated by the denouement of Field of Dreams in which Ray … Continue reading →

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Stories Over Stats

Posted on August 9, 2022 by Austin Gisriel

While on our way to breakfast Saturday morning, the subject of former Oriole, now newest member of the Houston Astros, Trey Mancini, came up. All of Orioledom was sad to see Trey go, but happy that his first three hits … Continue reading →

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Here’s to the joy-bringers

Posted on July 26, 2022 by Austin Gisriel

Upon our return from a ballgame in Harrisburg, PA—more on that further on—I found a package in our mailbox from Marisa Messina of Philadelphia. For a second, I stood there pondering, but then I realized what it contained—two West Chester … Continue reading →

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Roger Angel predicted MLB’s predicament, 57 years ago

Posted on July 21, 2022 by Austin Gisriel

I didn’t watch the All-Star game on Tuesday night, but I wasn’t making a statement. I forgot that it was on. I suppose that’s something of a statement in and of itself. The game has become a celebration of Major … Continue reading →

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